Just five days before the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai, organizers were informed of the shock decision to rename the building after the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

距世界最高建筑迪拜塔的揭幕仪式还有仅五天的时间时，组织者被告知一个令人震惊的决定：迪拜塔将以阿布扎比酋长的名字重新命名。

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"They had no memory of the pain of the electric shock, even when the pain had occurred just moments before," Hare said.

“他们对电击的痛苦没有丝毫记忆，即使他们刚刚在几分钟之前才经历过，”黑尔说。

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His shock death came just days before the publication of his cover story for National Geographic's August issue.

他的突然死亡刚好发生在国家地理杂志八月号封面故事发表的前几天。

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But the peak of the TOPIX in 2007 was 1816 and just before the Lehman shock 1430.

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Sharon's massive stroke sent shock waves through Israel's fragile political landscape at a sensitive time in Mideast events, just weeks before Palestinian elections on January 25 and an Israeli vote on March 28.

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